Parent-Teacher conference

Today we are having P/T Conference at the high school and tomorrow at the junior high.

I will be the whole day at the high school today until the end of the conference (around 6 p.m.) and tomorrow from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m at the junior high since I teach only one class there.

If your parents cannot attend the conference, please tell them they can email me anytime and we can set up an appointment. mbellini@alpinedistrict.org

11/30 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Gave time to everyone to talk about their English's script
  
• Gave white vocabulary exercises on new vocabulary
• Introduced new vocab (church, bank, etc)
• Game using a map

Homework: Finish the white exercises given in class

11/30 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Checked homework (Kanji exercises)
• Reviewed Kanji
• Corrected exercises having students writing on the board
• Gave time to everyone to talk about their movie's English script
• Finished reading the story about the chuukichi

Homework: Kanji flashcards

11/30 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Location and verbs quiz
• Gave white vocabulary exercises on new vocabulary
• Introduced new vocab (church, bank, etc)
• Game using a map

Homework: Finish the white exercises given in class

11/29 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana
• New Katakana ta-to
• Gave some time for the groups to talk about the movie
  
• Reviewed vocabulary for family in-group vs. out-group
• New vocabulary from textbook P. 60 & 61 (school grades)
• Added grades to their family's drafts
• Exercises on new vocabulary

Homework: Family Quiz (Study the first page of the blue packet)

11/29 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana
• New Katakana ta-to
• Reviewed vocabulary for family in-group vs. out-group
• New vocabulary from textbook P. 60 & 61 (school grades)
• Added grades to their family's drafts
• Exercises on new vocabulary

Homework: Family Quiz (Study the first page of the blue packet) and finish exercises

11/29 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana
• New Katakana ta-to
• Reviewed vocabulary for family in-group vs. out-group
• New vocabulary from textbook P. 60 & 61 (school grades)
• Added grades to their family's drafts
• Exercises on new vocabulary

Homework: Family Quiz (Study the first page of the blue packet)

Don't forget about our club pictures

Club pictures will be taken on Dec 2 (Fri) during B3. The office is not going to announce it, so please come to commons area with your club T-shirt or a black one.

11/28 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Checked homework (Kanji review exercises)
• Reviewed Kanji
• Corrected homework
• Free talk in Japanese on thanksgiving break
• Gave family writing back
• Talked about common mistakes
• Reviewed some sentences and sentences structures to help students to finish their draft

Homework: Quiz Location nouns and verbs from Unit 2

11/28 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Checked homework (White exercises)
• Reviewed mukae ni iku, tori ni iku, tsurete iku, motte iku
• Corrected exercises
• Reading practice
• New Kanji (Hands, number, half, etc.)
• Gave some time to students to finish exercises

Homework: Finish Kanji exercises

11/28 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Kanji review exercises)
• Reviewed Kanji
• Corrected homework
• Free talk in Japanese on thanksgiving break
• Gave family writing back
• Talked about common mistakes
• Reviewed some sentences and sentences structures to help students to finish their draft

Homework: Quiz Location nouns and verbs from Unit 2

11/22 Japanese 1 A4

Watched Howl's moving castle

I will be checking the same homework next class

11/22 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

Since half of the class at AFHS was gone due to Renaissance assembly, we watched a little of castle in the sky and then the Japanese drama called ZETTAI KARESHI.

Bring the same homework and I'll be checking next class after the break

11/22 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Writing and outgroup family exercises)
• Watched World Language Week movies
• Reviewed ingroup and outgroup vocabulary
• Corrected homework
• Writing peer review

Homework: No homework

Japanese Club pictures

Our Japanese Club pictures will be Dec 2 (Fri) during B3 at 11:05. They are not going to announce through intercom, so make sure you don't forget. No retakes for club pictures!!!

Japanese Club activity tomorrow

Please come to Japanese club tomorrow. It will be a potluck party so make sure you bring something to share!!!

11/21 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed location nouns and ni arimasu/ni imasu
• Practiced with some questions on the board
• Reviewed new verbs P. 35 and te imasu form
• Talked about family presentation
• Worked on the first draft of family

Homework: Kanji exercises (white paper)

11/21 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Quick review for the test
• Test
• Talked about the movie assignment
• Gave time to all 5 groups to brainstorm some ideas about the movie

Homework: White exercises

11/21 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed location nouns and ni arimasu/ni imasu
• Practiced with some questions on the board
• Reviewed new verbs P. 35 and te imasu form
• Talked about family presentation
• Worked on the first draft of family
• New vocabulary from textbook

Homework: Kanji exercises (white paper)

A day 11/18

Class with the sub.

A1 watched Ponyo
A3 watched Totoro
A4 watched Howl's moving castle

B day 11/17

Class with the sub.

B1 watched Castle in the sky
B3 watched Howl's moving castle
B4 watched the drama Zettai kareshi

Thursday and Friday this week

As I mentioned to everyone in class, just right after school I will be driving to Denver to attend a Language Conference called ACTFL that is the biggest language conference in the nation. My goal is to meet Japanese teachers throughout the country and share ideas about Japanese teaching. I will also attend a big session on the Japanese AP test.

You will have a sub and you'll be watching movies. Please come so that you can get 10 points for your daily grade. You will also have to write 10 words that you could understand from the movie you were watching to get additional points.

11/16 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana a-so and vowels combination
• Katakana Quiz
• Reviewed ingroup and outgroup
• Reading practice
• Writing practice about family
  

Homework: Outgroup exercises and family writing

11/16 Japanese 1 A3 at PGHS

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana a-so and vowels combination
• Katakana Quiz
• Reviewed ingroup and outgroup
• Reading practice
• Writing practice about family
  

Homework: Outgroup exercises and family writing

11/16 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana a-so and vowels combination
• Katakana Quiz
• Gave outgroup family exercises (green paper)
• Reviewed outgroup exercises and people/age counters
• Reading practice about family and translation
• Worked on their family presentation (writing practice)

Homework: Finish green worksheet given in class and the family writing
Remember that next class I will be in Denver attending a language conference and you'll be watching Ponyo with Mr. Morrey. Show me your shukudai on Tuesday.

11/15 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed Base+ TEimasu
• New grammar (directions)
• Directions game
• Watched one episode of the Japanese drama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rjCnJzIL60&feature=related
• Directions exercises (blue) and corrected
  

Homework: No homework

11/15 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Gave previous homework back
  
• Corrected review sheet
• Reviewed transitive and intransitive verbs
• Exercises using transitive and intransitive verbs
• New grammar and new verbs P.292
• Exercises translation using new verbs
  

No homework

11/15 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Checked homework (directions exercises, white sheet)
• Reviewed directions
• Played directions game
• Reviewed Kanji
• Gave Kanji exercises

No homework

11/14 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana a-so
• Katakana pop quiz
• Reviewed family vocabulary in-group and out-group
• Family packet (blue) sentences translation

Homework: Katakana Quiz a-so + Katakana packet up to P. 51

11/14 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana a-so
• Katakana pop quiz
• Reviewed family vocabulary in-group and out-group
• Family packet (blue) sentences translation
• Group work asking and answering in Japanese

Homework: Katakana Quiz a-so + Katakana packet up to P. 51

11/14 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Reviewed Katakana a-so
• Katakana writing practice
• Reviewed family terms and counters
• Speaking practice using family vocab

Homework: Katakana quiz a-so

11/11 Japanese 3, AP and 2 B3 and B4

Watched a movie with the sub

The sub collected their homework

11/11 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed Base+imasu
• Reviewed new verbs
• White board game using new verbs
• New grammar (directions)

Homework: Exercises using directions

11/10 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked homework (family exercises)
• Reviewed in-group family vocab
• Reviewed counters for age and people
• Corrected homework
• Talked about conversation fillers such as sou desu ka? and hontou desu ka?
  
• New vocab (Out-group family)
• Katakana review a-ko
• New Katakana ta-to
• Katakana chart writing

Homework: Katakana packet P. 47-51

11/10 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Checked homework (family exercises)
• Reviewed in-group family vocab
• Reviewed counters for age and people
• Corrected homework
• New vocab (Out-group family)
• Gave time to everyone to talk with their groups about the movie assignment
• Katakana review a-ko
• New Katakana ta-to
• Katakana chart writing

Homework: Katakana packet P. 47-51

11/10 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (Katakana packet)
• Corrected part of the homework
• Reviewed Katakana a-ko
• Introduced new vocabulary (in-group family)
• New counters nin and sai
• Practiced new vocab and counters orally

Homework: Family exercises (yellow)

Monday is minimal day!!!

Just a reminder that Monday is minimal day!!!

11/9 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reviewed reading in pairs
• Reading test
• Reviewed base te +imasu
• Group activity [Nani o shiteimasu ka]
• Exercises using Base te + imasu
  
• New verbs
• Speaking activity using new verbs

Homework: Yellow worksheet using the new verbs learned in class

11/9 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Quick review for the quiz
• Body parts & people description quiz
• Term 1 review Packet
  
• Kanji game

Homework: Finish review packet

11/9 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed reading in pairs
• Reading test
• Reviewed base te +imasu
• Group activity [Nani o shiteimasu ka]
• New verbs
• Speaking activity using new verbs

Homework: Yellow worksheet using the new verbs learned in class

11/8 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Checked homework (katakana apcket P.33-45)
• Reviewed Katakana a-so
• Corrected homework
• Introduced new vocabulary (in-group family terms P. 52)
• Learned new counters (age and people)
• Practiced how to ask and answer questions using new vocab and counters

Homework: Family exercises

11/8 Japanese 1 A3 at Lehi

Lesson taught from Lehi High School

• Checked homework (Katakana packet P.33-45)
• Reviewed all the Katakana learned a-so
• Corrected homework
• Talked about how to combine katakana characters forming different sounds such as ye, kwa, kwo, etc.
• Reviewed in-group family vocabulary
• Reviewed counters for people and age
• Worked on family packet (questions 1 and 2)

Homework: Workbook exercises on in-group family vocabulary

11/8 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Vocab and counters quiz
• Corrected Unit 1 and 2 review packet
• Reviewed Katakana a-0
• New Katakana ka-so
• Started some exercises on the writing packet

Homework: Katakana packet P.33-45

Japanese Club T-shirts (last call)

Minasan konnichiwa,

As for today all the mediums are gone, so we have 5 more L sizes and 1 XL t-shirt. If you want to purchase them, pay as soon as possible $10 at the financial office. We want to take our Japanese club picture in our T-shirts. If you don't have one, but you are in the club, don't worry, just wear a black T-shirt for the picture day.

11/7 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Reading practice
• Reading practice in pairs
• Reviewed base te
• New grammar Base te + imasu
• Charades game using new grammar

Homework: Reading test

11/7 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Reviewed body parts
• Reviewed people's description using ______ ga adjective desu.
• Adjectives description game
• Reading practice about Chuuko and Chuukichi

Homework: Body parts and description quiz

11/7 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reading practice
• Reading practice in pairs
• Reviewed base te
• New grammar Base te + imasu
• Charades game using new grammar
• New grammar exercises

Homework: Reading test

Japanese Club T-shirt

For those that missed the deadline to buy the Japanese club T-shirts, we have only 11 more in. So, hurry and pay it in the financial office. First come first served. And since some of you missed the deadline, instead of $5, it will be $10. Make sure you bring me the receipt otherwise I will not be able to give you the shirt.

Japanese Club November activity

We had a Japanese club presidency meeting this week and we decided to have a potluck party and afterwards we are going to do some origami.

Since November is the month for Thanksgiving, we just want everyone to be thankful for your ancestors that came to America, so for the potluck we want you to bring a dish that reflects your heritage or something that is traditional in your home.

I will be bring fried rice, some students are bringing spring rolls, deserts, etc.

Please let us know if you are coming so that we know how much food we should prepare. You don't need to bring a lot of food, it is just a sample kind of thing, so if everyone brings something we will have tons of food to sample.

We want to get to know everyone better through this activity, so bringing a dish that is different will also give us the opportunity to know a little bit more about everyone.

11/4 Japanese 1 A4

Lesson

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Vocabulary Quiz
• Reviewed Katakana a-0
• New Katakana ka-so
  
• Finished review packet

Homework: Katakana packet P. 33-45

11/4 Japanese 1 A3

Lesson

• Reviewed for the quiz
• Vocabulary Quiz
• Reviewed Katakana a-ko
• New Katakana sa-so
  
• Reviewed in group family vocabulary
• Learned Outgroup family vocabulary
• People counter
• Age counter
  

Homework: Katakana packet P. 33-45

11/4 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Reviewed counters
• Counters Quiz
• Gave review packet
• Reviewed Object + wo + counter + kudasai
• Translated some sentences
• Played denwa game reviewing sentences and hiragana

Homework: Vocab quiz and counters (P. 40, 42, 45 and 46)

11/3 B1, B3 and B4

Due to the Language Conference I attended, you had a class with a sub.

• B1 & B4 Unit test and watched a movie
• B3 Kanji Quiz and watched a movie

No homework for all classes

11/2 Japanese 1 A3 & A4

Lesson

• Reviewed counters
• Counters Quiz
  
• Reviewed vocabulary with pictures
• New Katakana
  
• Reviewed Unt 1 & 2 (Review packet)

Homework: Vocabulary Quiz

11/2 Japanese 1 A1

Lesson

• Checked homework (counters exercises)
• Corrected homework
• Reviewed counters
• Reviewed vocabulary with pictures
• New Katakana a-o
  

Homework: Counters Quiz

11/1 Japanese 2 B4

Lesson

• Listening practice reviewing Unit 1
  
• Reviewed grammar from Unit 1
• Reviewed Kanji
• Kanji writing game
• Reviewed Base II
• Reviewed Base te and base te song
• Denwa game
• Gave time to talk about their movie assignment
  

Homework: Unit test

11/1 Japanese 3/AP B3

Lesson

• Reviewed time and minutes
• Learned kara (from) and made (until)
• Journal writing using time
• Learned transitive and intransitive verbs (new packet)
• Exercises using the new verbs
• Kanji review
• Kanji writing game

Homework: Kanji quiz

11/1 Japanese 2 B1

Lesson

• Reviewed grammar from Unit 1
• Reviewed Kanji
• Kanji writing game
• Reviewed Base II
• Reviewed Base te and base te song
• Denwa game
• Gave time to talk about their movie assignment
  

Homework: Unit test